Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-01

Me0bcrS % the National Council ~
Administrator Appnlused.

A0ntmestratbOn Appointed.
ST. Lcris october 1.-The following comrades
were selected as q national council OF administra.
ton by the encampment last night: wm. A. Cres.
Little Rock, Ark VIM. NcC elan. Pttsburg Pa;
Chas. r. Graves BENNINGTON VI: oecn A. bean.
Portland. Oreg; A. W. Barrett, Los Angeles cal:
Nh. Mm; James s,s SackssnSf Fe Ryn.y ws shorSS1.
eSSo: Sso: irwin irwin Robins, IairanspOSs: N.
Minion. Louisville: ny; ?. r holman. Butte. Butte.
Thos, W. Coy, westerly, r. l.; Chas. q. burton.
Nevada, Mo-; r. 8 Norcott, Ilarkseurp, W. Va;
Geo. W; hoigden, PORTSMOUTH, y A.; = {; Delta
Jonn C. 5. Burger, Washington, ID. G.; JAS IL
Purdy, santa Fe, y. NJ; W. J. RaInase, Knoxville;
mouth Mass; Geo. c. Gintz, Chippewa Fails, Wis; /;
ChAs- NJ. Holton, North TahtJna, Washington Ter
rl.ory Geo H. knisI,, DaIlas Tex; 7; {. r Bailey.
j. d. Barker, Grarg, kaS; JAS. II. Drake, -. Paul;
Geo. W. King, Wilmington. Del; Bishop ". Mains,
Trenton, NJ; b +; Ssmpoelt ~ SIOUX Esis' OAK; OAK,
schneider, New York.
TIVE woMASs RELIEF CORPS
The woman's ReleI corps concluded It's session
last night by the election officers tor the ensu-
Ing year. MIS- Hampton, OF Michigan. was elected
national president, ana Mr.. Cora Day Young, OF
Toledo. OHIO, was elected senior yce-president. A
committee OF nve OF the Grand Army. consisting
or Gen. Edgar Allan, Paul c. Nandervoort, John
c. Lnehan, and Con Tohio w. Beau, waited on the
Woman's Relief Corps while IN session. 10 present
resolutions or the Grand Army encainpment OF
congraUulatlOn and greetings. Addresses were
delivered by Gen. Allan ana Mr. NanderyoOrt, ana
at the conclusion OF Gen. Allan's speech, which
dweit largely upon the observance oi Memorial
Day In the cemeteries surrounding Richmond
Va, the Moman's Relief Corps, 10y a unanimous
vote, appropriated a sum OF money sufiicient 10
purchase all the flowers necessary for the decora
ton or the graves OF the Union dead I'm those cenc
teries on next national Memorial Day.
TIE DELEGATES BANoUErTED.
The banquet To the delegates OF the national en-
campneul Was given last night by the citizens "
St Louis at the Lindel Hotel and was attended by
600 veterans. The distinguished guests and
speakers were seated at table at the end OF the
room on platform. The room was handsomely
decorated Win lags and flowers la the center,
suspended from the ceiling Was a mammoth can
teen OF immortelles bearing the Inscription In re-
| liei: I'VE drank from the same canteen." After
three hours spent Ia mastering bountiful repasI
the welcome address was made by Col ID. T.. Dyer
Gen. Fairchild responded.
The following were the toaSts or the occasion /:
sour country" Governor Anthony; "The President
OF the United States" Associate Justice Miller:
''rhe National Authority indicated 10y Abra-
ham Lincoln" Hon. Hannibal Hamlin; "Ihe
Army" Maj. Wm. Warner; 'Fhe Navy" Gen H.
W. slocum; "rhe loyal states and their loyal gov
ernors, Gov. Nm. Sprague; 1.-The Rank and File -
Corporal James Tanner; 1.-The loyal and Patriotic
Women,r Gen. H. IL. Grosvenor; "Our Comrades
| who never came back" Bishop Samuel Fallows;
| 1.-The Grand Army or the Republic" Post CON-
maDder-ln-chief =. B. Burdette. Then followed a
number OF volunteer toasts~ Gen. W. i. sherman
| lerJ yesterday Afternoon and Major Warner re-
sponded to''Ihe army" In his place. Gen. Lew
| Wallace, Gen. John NJ. Palmer Admiral d. ID. Por-
ter and Gov. curtin were not here, and the toasIs
assigned 10 them were responded 10 by Others.